A Dainty War Worker Checks Man-killing .50-caliber Cartridges
They pour in an endless stream from this weighing and gauging machine at
an Army arsenal. Shot from the wing of an American plane, the bullets
rip a lightly armored Zero to pieces. Flying Fortresses use them against Nazi
fighters with devastating effect. Carrier-based fighter planes returning from
a raid on Tulagi Harbour (page 817) turned their .50-calibers against a
Japanese destroyer and crippled it.
0.W.
I.
Inventor of the Garand
Rifle,
the
Army's
Jap-shooter
John C. Garand, at work inhis
model
shop,
isanative
Canadian
who
came
to the United States at 15 years.
He
developed
the
famous
nine-pound
semi
automatic at the Army's Springfield
(Massachusetts)
Armory.
Later
hede
signed tools for mass production,
giving
our
troops
an
eight-bullet,
rapid-fire
weapon of deadly accuracy. The
gas
behind
each
bullet
ejects
the
empty
shell
and prepares a fresh one forthe
next
squeeze
ofthe
trigger.